# US 4,400,414 A · Process for imparting soil resistance to polyester-fiber-containing textile materials

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- Number: US 4,400,414 A
- Document ID: US4400414A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/313,065
- Filed: 1981-10-19
- Granted: 1983-08-23
- Earliest claimed: 1980-04-28
- Assignees: Milliken Research Corporation
- Inventors: Roy P. DeMott
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4400414A

## CPC

- B05D 1/28: performed by transfer from the surfaces of elements carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. brushes, pads, rollers
- D06M 15/277: containing fluorine
- B60R 13/02: {Internal} Trim mouldings {; Internal} Ledges; Wall liners {for passenger compartments}; Roof liners (B60R13/01 takes precedence {; padded linings for the vehicle interior B60R21/04; arrangements or adaptations of floor mats or carpets in vehicles B60N3/04; internal lining for trains B61D17/18})
- B60R 13/0892: {for humidity insulation (sealing strips B60R13/06)}
- B05D: PROCESSES FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (conveying articles or workpieces through baths of liquid B65G, e.g. B65G49/02)
- D06M: TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A textile material suitable for use as an automotive upholstery fabric is provided, which comprises: (a) a body portion having a face and a back comprised of synthetic, thermoplastic fibers; (b) said body portion being provided with a substantially oil- and water-repellent fluoropolymer substantially evenly distributed on the face thereof in a minor amount sufficient to improve soil resistance characteristics but less than an amount which would cause said material to burn at a rate in excess of about 2 inches per minute or to support such burning for longer than about one minute; and (c) said textile material further having been backcoated with a flame-retardant backcoating in an amount sufficient to improve the flammability characteristics of said textile material.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A process for imparting soil resistance to polyester-fiber-containing textile materials containing at least 40 percent polyester by weight wherein the flame retarding characteristics of such materials are not substantially adversely affected, which comprises applying an effective minor amount of a substantially oil and water repellent fluoropolymer to the surface of the textile material by means of an engraved roll thereby covering the fibers on and near the surface of the textile material while avoiding substantial penetration of said fluoropolymer into the sections of said material that are neither at or near the surface of said material, drying and curing the resulting fluoropolymer modified textile material.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1, wherein the amount of fluoropolymer applied is sufficient to form a discrete, discontinuous fluoropolymer coating on the stratum of fibers in and near the surface of the fabric.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The process of claim 2, wherein the amount of fluoropolymer applied is less than about 0.25 percent by weight on a solids add-on basis.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1, wherein said textile material is treated with an aqueous acid solution to lower the pH of the textile material to a pH of less than about 7 prior to applying the substantially oil and water repellent fluoropolymer to the textile material.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The process of claim 4, wherein said pH is adjusted to from about 4 to about 6.5.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1, wherein the back surface of the textile material is backcoated with a flame retarding material after application of the fluoropolymer to same.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The process of claim 6, wherein said flame retardant is selected from polyvinyl chloride, antimony oxide, aluminum silicate, organic phosphonates, vinylidene chloride, and decobromodiphenyloxide.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1, wherein said textile material is 100 percent polyester.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1, wherein said textile material is a polyester nylon blend.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The process of claim 1, wherein said fluoropolymer is applied in association with a fluorocarbon extender, selected from ethoxylated fatty derivatives and polyethylene-containing compositions.